defaeco

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ faex, faecis +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈfae̯.koː/, [d̪eːˈfäe̯koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈfe.ko/, [d̪eˈfɛːko]

Verb

dēfaecō (present infinitive dēfaecāre, perfect active dēfaecāvī, supine dēfaecātum); first conjugation

1. to defecate (all senses)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēfaecō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfaecō	dēfaecās	dēfaecat	dēfaecāmus	dēfaecātis	dēfaecant
	imperfect	dēfaecābam	dēfaecābās	dēfaecābat	dēfaecābāmus	dēfaecābātis	dēfaecābant
	future	dēfaecābō	dēfaecābis	dēfaecābit	dēfaecābimus	dēfaecābitis	dēfaecābunt
	perfect	dēfaecāvī	dēfaecāvistī	dēfaecāvit	dēfaecāvimus	dēfaecāvistis	dēfaecāvērunt, dēfaecāvēre
	pluperfect	dēfaecāveram	dēfaecāverās	dēfaecāverat	dēfaecāverāmus	dēfaecāverātis	dēfaecāverant
	future perfect	dēfaecāverō	dēfaecāveris	dēfaecāverit	dēfaecāverimus	dēfaecāveritis	dēfaecāverint
passive	present	dēfaecor	dēfaecāris, dēfaecāre	dēfaecātur	dēfaecāmur	dēfaecāminī	dēfaecantur
	imperfect	dēfaecābar	dēfaecābāris, dēfaecābāre	dēfaecābātur	dēfaecābāmur	dēfaecābāminī	dēfaecābantur
	future	dēfaecābor	dēfaecāberis, dēfaecābere	dēfaecābitur	dēfaecābimur	dēfaecābiminī	dēfaecābuntur
	perfect	dēfaecātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēfaecātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēfaecātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēfaecem	dēfaecēs	dēfaecet	dēfaecēmus	dēfaecētis	dēfaecent
	imperfect	dēfaecārem	dēfaecārēs	dēfaecāret	dēfaecārēmus	dēfaecārētis	dēfaecārent
	perfect	dēfaecāverim	dēfaecāverīs	dēfaecāverit	dēfaecāverīmus	dēfaecāverītis	dēfaecāverint
	pluperfect	dēfaecāvissem	dēfaecāvissēs	dēfaecāvisset	dēfaecāvissēmus	dēfaecāvissētis	dēfaecāvissent
passive	present	dēfaecer	dēfaecēris, dēfaecēre	dēfaecētur	dēfaecēmur	dēfaecēminī	dēfaecentur
	imperfect	dēfaecārer	dēfaecārēris, dēfaecārēre	dēfaecārētur	dēfaecārēmur	dēfaecārēminī	dēfaecārentur
	perfect	dēfaecātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēfaecātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēfaecā	—	—	dēfaecāte	—
	future	—	dēfaecātō	dēfaecātō	—	dēfaecātōte	dēfaecantō
passive	present	—	dēfaecāre	—	—	dēfaecāminī	—
	future	—	dēfaecātor	dēfaecātor	—	—	dēfaecantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēfaecāre	dēfaecāvisse	dēfaecātūrum esse	dēfaecārī	dēfaecātum esse	dēfaecātum īrī
participles		dēfaecāns	—	dēfaecātūrus	—	dēfaecātus	dēfaecandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēfaecandī	dēfaecandō	dēfaecandum	dēfaecandō	dēfaecātum	dēfaecātū

Derived terms

• dēfaecātiō

Descendants

• Catalan: defecar
• English: defecate
• French: déféquer
• Galician: defecar
• German: defäkieren
• Italian: defecare
• Polish: defekować
• Portuguese: defecar
• Romanian: defeca
• Spanish: defecar

See also

• cuniō
• cacō (vulgar)

References

• “defaeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• defaeco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.